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C. W. SNYDER.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 860.059. Patented Mar. 29, 1887.

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WASHING MACHINE.

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CHARLES V. SNYDER, OF HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN S. MCKENZIE, OF SAME PLACE.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,059, dated March 29, 1887.

I Application filed July 30, 1886. Serial No. 209,564. (No model.)

.To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. SNYDER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Hutchinson, in the county of Reno and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful In:-

provement in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in steam washing-machines in which the clothes to are cleaned by being stirred or agitated in boiling water.

Heretofore in the so-called steam washingmachines, wherein boiling-hot water is used to aid in eliminating the dirt from the clothes while washing, it has been found that the dirt thus removed still remains in the water and continues to circulate among all of the clothes washed in such water until the machine is emptied.

The object of my invention is to produce a washing-machine which shall remove the dirt or sediment from the water, so that the same water may be used several times in succession without impairing the perfect cleansing of the clothes. My invention involves a radical departure in the construction and principle of operation in steam washing-machines, inas much as I employ a detachable circular corrugated wash-board or lining and a perforated convex corrugated false bottom with a convex rim and a receptacle for dirt between the corrugated false bottom and the convex true bottom of the tub.

My invention consists in a steam washingmaehine having a continuous corrugated lining or wash-board which permits the dirt to fall down the grooves of its sides to the bottom of the tub, and in connection therewith a perforated convex corrugated false bottom, through which and over the surface of which the dirt is forced to its outer edge, passing under the convex rim to the true bottom of the tub, so that while the clothes are being stirred the dirt will pass down the grooves of the circular wash-board, through its perforations, and over the convex false bottom to the receptacle below.

My invention further consists in certain peculiar and novel features of construction and arrangement, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a side elevation of my improved washing-machine. Fig. 2 isa similar View of the same, looking at the opposite side from that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the machine. Fig. 4 is a central vertical section of the same on the line as a: of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 illustrates the coir struction of the perforated false bottom.

In the said drawings, A designates the tub, which is formed, preferably, of sheet metal, with its bottom a concave and provided with a discharge-spout, a. Thesides of the tub are made somewhat flaring, as shown, and said tub is supported upon the legs a, the tops of which are inserted removabl y in strap-sockets a, as shown. Vithin the tub and occupying the angle between its bottom and sides is an annular wooden frame, B, having inwardly- 7o projecting lugs b. The strap-sockets a are secured to the tub by bolts passing through the body of the tub and into the ring 13 at the points occupied by its lugs b, so that the ring is held rigidly to the tab by the same devices which attach the sockets a" to the same.

0. designates a corrugated lining, which fits" around the inside of the tub, and the ends of which are united by a rivet, c, in the lower part of said lining, whereby said lining is per- I mitted to flare to fit the interior of the tub.

This corrugated lining forms a continuous wash-board around the inside of the tub.

D designates a corrugated and perforated false bottom, which rests upon the ring B, so as to leave a space between said false bottom D and the true bottom a of the tub. The corrugations d of this false bottom extend radially from its center to its margin, and the perforations of said false bottom lie in the depressions 9o ofthe corrugations ofthe falsebottom. Around the margin of the false bottom D extends a rim, D, of metal or other suitable material, which rim is attached to the corrugated false bottom at the tops of the corrugations thereof. 5

In the center of the false bottom D is placed a post, D", which extends downward to the true bottom a, and thus supports the center of the false bottom. It is to be observed that the said false bottom is concavoconvex in ICO form, its middle or center being higher than its margin, and that for convenience in removal said bottom is split in two on a transverse line, as shown.

The upper part of lining C of the tub is confined in proper position bythe top E of the tub, as shown in the drawings, the said top having an opening, 6, to receive the clothes, and a rim, 0, and also a wringer-board, e.

F designates the lid of the machine, which is connected to the top by a hinge, f, and secured, when closed down upon the opening 6, by a turn-plate, f.

Upon the lid F is secured a metal plate, G, having an aperture, through which passes a downwardly-extending shaft, H, upon the upper end of which is mounted agear-pinion, h, and upon the lower end of which is attached a stirrer, h, having pins or arms h as shown. A nut, h screwed upon the lower end of shaft H, serves to secure the said stirrer thereon. The said plate G also carries standards I I, in hearings in the upper ends of which is journaled the inner end of the power-shaft J, the opposite end of which is journaled in a bearing at the upper end of a standard, 1.

Between the standards I 1 upon the shaft J is rigidly mounted a gear-wheel, K, having crown-teeth lc,which mesh with the teeth of the gear-pinion h. [The said crown gear-wheel K is operated by a hand-lever, L, connected to the said wheel by straps Z Z and rigidly sccu red to the said shaft J.

The outer end of the shaft J is formed with a double-notched portion, j, to which is re movably attached the three-ball balance M. This balance consists of the top plate, m, having the triangular aperture m, which is flanked at each upper edge by lugs m From the lower edge of said plate at depend three arms, m to which, at the lower extremities thereof, three balls, m, are attached. The notched portion j of shaft J is inserted into the trian- "gular aperture 111. of plate m, and said plate is allowed to drop till the upper edges ofsaid aperture bind in the notches J, and thereby hold the balance rigidly upon the shaft J.

By'reciprocating the hand-lever Lthe stirrer is rotated reciprocally within the tub and rubs the clothes against the corrugated lining (J. The dirty water flows down the inner side of said lining and falls upon the false bottom D, passing through the perforations thereof, and also running outward over the margin of said false bottom and beneath its rim. 1). Thus the dirt or sediment falls upon the true bot tom a of the tub, and may be drawn off through the spout a from time to time, while the water itself may be used repeatedly for cleaning successive batches of clothes. The three-ball balance upon shaft J serves to steady the action of the stirrer and to render such action uniform or regular. The stirrer, when in operation, imparts a centrifugal action to the clothes, forcing them outward against thelining of the tub, and thus effectually cleansing them. The sediment, after falling to the bottom of the tub, cannot return above the false bottom, as the perforations of such bottom act as strainers which keep the sediment from admixture with the water above the false bottom. i

It is evident that my invention is not limited in its scope to the precise details of construction hereinbefore described, but that it maybe applied to other forms and styles of machines-such, for instance, as horizontal washing-machines and other varieties. Various modifications in such details may be made without departing from the essential spirit of my invention.

The operation of my improved steam washing-machine is not dependent upon any particular size or construction so long as the clothes are not only cleaned, but the water also is freed from sediment while washing. Very little power is required to operate a washing machine constructed in accordance with myinvention, and ample leverage is provided for working the machinery, which is comparatively light, and thus rendered easy of operation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a washing-machine, the combination,- with the circular'convex false bottomD, having radial corrugations and perforations in said corrugations, the annular ring D, secured to the elevations of the corrugations in said false bottom D around its edge, and means for supporting said false bottom, of a rotary stirrer and means for operating the same, substantially as described.

2. The combination,with the tub A, having the concave bottom a and a discharge-spout, a, of the ring 13, having lugs b, the corrugated lining O, resting upon said ring and united at its ends by rivet c, and the false bottom D, perforated and corrugated; radially and pro vided with the rim D and post D", saidbottoni being formed in two sections, as described.

8. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the tub, the stirrer, ahorizontal shaft, J,

supported above said tub and having its outer end notched on the sides, bevel-gears connecting said shaft with the stirrer, and means for oscillating saidshaft, ofaplate, m, provided with an aperture, m,tapering toward its upper end, by means of which said plate is detachably connected to the notched outer end of said shaft, and a balance rigidly secured to said plate and depending therefrom, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with the body or tub A and the ring B, having lugs 11, of the strapsockets bolted to said ring at the points of lo cation of its lugs, and the legs (4*, set removably in said sockets, as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my'own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES \V. SNYDER.

Vitnesses:

T. N. MoELvAIN, J. H. LAWSON. 

